Tikvah - Waiting

Last Week we wrote about beginnings and hope.  This week we continue on the theme of hope and waiting.  The Hebrew for hope is Tikvah. 


                                                         Potatoes -original picture

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Tikvah does not merely mean hope.  It is more like waiting with expectation.  We had to wait for our first harvest -radishes.  Our hope was based on the green leaves and the small round radishes that we could see.  We had expectations.  Our hope was not in vain and everyone who was at the Shavuot/Pentecost picnic could have eaten radishes.


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Two weeks ago we planted potatoes.  Yes, it was late,be we have hope, not just because they are planted, but because they came up.  We hope for a full harvest based on our even reasonable expectations.

Tomatoes and partly eaten peppers
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Now, in the Lord, we have hope in all that He has promised.  Many of those things are available now - like shalom/peace.  Yeshua/Jesus said,  “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”(John 16:33- NIV).  There is also the promise and hope of the Resurrection and life everlasting (1 Corinthians 15, John 3:16). 

Now our hope as far as the garden is concerned is based on our observations and our work.  We are waiting with expectation for a full harvest.  However,  our hope in what the Lord has promised is based on our allegiance to Him and what He has said in Scripture.  Weather and even our health (in terms of working the garden) are variable, but God's word is ever true (Isaiah 40:8).

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This week parsley and herbs.   Lettuce at the oneg